Grass Community Guide for SfN 2026
For those traveling to the 2026 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., you can catch up with Grass Fellows and their recent work. Below is a working list of sessions featuring Grass Fellows and activities supported by The Grass Foundation. To request an addition to this list please email info@grassfoundation.org.
The Grass Foundation is hosting the Grass Social on Sunday, November 15. Please RSVP to attend.
In addition, The Grass Foundation is co-hosting with The Kavli Foundation a Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems Social on Monday, November 16. RSVP here.
Be sure to come vist us at Booth 2517 in the Exhibitor Hall.
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Monday, November 16, 2026
- PSTR177 – Cellular Stress and Mechanisms of Degeneration
- Peter Koulen – 1999 Grass Fellow
1:00-5:00pm Poster
PSTR177.25 / W12 – RPE-specific knockout of SOD2 in aging mice impairs visual function and retinal integrity in a sex dependent manner
- Peter Koulen – 1999 Grass Fellow
Tuesday, November 17 2026
- PSTR219 – Metabolic and Neural Changes Across Brain Aging: Experimental Models
- Peter Koulen – 1999 Grass Fellow
8:00am-12:00pm Poster
PSTR219.10 / U12 – Oxidative stress in neural progenitor cells alters the expression of proteins involved in neuronal differentiation and survival uniquely at different developmental stages
- Peter Koulen – 1999 Grass Fellow
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
- PSTR371 – Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems
- Hans Hofmann – 2000 Grass Fellow
1:00-5:00pm Poster
PSTR371.09 / HH25 – Comparative Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals an Evolutionarily Ancient Homeostatic Tool Kit
- Hans Hofmann – 2000 Grass Fellow
- PSTR371 – Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems
- Hans Hofmann – 2000 Grass Fellow
1:00-5:00pm Poster
PSTR371.10 / HH26 – Single-Nucleus RNA-Sequencing of the Hypothalamus Reveals the Molecular Underpinnings of Physiological and Social Homeostasis Across Variable Environments
- Hans Hofmann – 2000 Grass Fellow